Brightening up mealtimes😀 Table set with my newly created placemats. Prints of my paper pictures.

Loving the teal green shades in my felt work. There weren’t any pink or yellow so I gravitated to these bright shades. Felted then embellished onto fabric.

I’m exploring textile illustration so using a combination of free machine embroidery, couching and hand sewing I made this ‘Be Light’ piece – here it is as work in progress.

I decided to take a digital drawing where the girl has the sun like a helium balloon – to illustrate the idea of keeping a sunny vibe even when the weather or life feels grim. I worked on a piece of fabric I dyed with machine embroidery and hand stitching. Developing my typography and sewing skills.

Lastly I remembered a year ago – the dress shop I was creating in cut paper.

Sewing my football fan zipper bagAssembling the panels of the bag, with shoelace as piping.Pink Lady – inspired by a sculpture seen on a visit to Durham.Ibiza Beach Watercolour – One Year AgoHoliday sunbed painting in the Greek IslandsBeach Watercolour Time-Lapse. I love the colours on the beach, the bright lilos, fun inflatables, pretty patterned swimwear all against the beautiful turquoise of the sea and the colours vibrant sun lit. I captured the action in the scene that played out before me.Silk Painting – Loving the colours. Copyright KimFabric dyeing fun with my favourite colours.Remembering one year ago working on my ice-cream themed paper picture whilst watching the Grand Prix.Shine! – first screen prints, 1 year ago. Have a great day all😊!Nature inspired felt. Not my normal colours but love the teal hues.Here are related posts😊

﻿My football fan painting owner asked if I would make a zip bag using the artwork. The artwork is a scene from Barnsley FC, with Barnsley’s skyline and a coal mining seam, which has been fundamental to the city.

Here’s a picture story of the bag’s making, in reverse. I printed the fabric with an image of the artwork and added shoe lace piping, hand painted fabric design and embroidered key details with single and twin needles on my lovely Bernina machine.

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Barnsley Boy – Acrylic Painting – copyright Kim

The completed bag with lifesize print of the commission painting – Copyright Kim Bag and my Beautiful Bernina machina Adding the lining – no pattern for this job – it’s a 3D construction challenge Taking shape – with lace piping and my hand painted side wall fabric. The bag is padded to protect the contents The machine embroidered main panels created using sublimation printing on shiny satin fabric – with fleecy fabric fused to give structure, and felty layer to pad the bag. Accentuating design details and adding a personal monogram for the owner. So much easier with my new transparent machine foot Assembled ingredients for this soccer crazy design. Ready, set, sew.

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